The Hashbeats: Issue #9
Need your weekly dose of all things Hashflow? Here's a quick recap of progress on our product, growth initiatives, and all the latest news across our ecosystem 👇
TL;DR
- Hashflow partners with Wormhole to power cross-chain swaps
- The DeFi State features Kanav & Saeed from Jump
- 24 pre-proposals, 8 polls, and 4 proposals passed in governance
- New Hashgang Spotlight: Meet NuNoy from Thailand 🇹🇭
Hashflow x Wormhole
Last week, we announced our strategic partnership with Wormhole, the generic cross-chain messaging protocol, to bring you the best cross-chain trading experience. This new integration enables you to seamlessly swap assets across chains with a ~50% reduction in fees!
Gas and capital efficient cross chain swaps.@GandalfTheBr0wn and @hashflow have built a truly novel product that eliminate the need for giant liquidity pools to have an efficient onboarding experience across chains https://t.co/uIrqgQLxDW
— Kanav Kariya (@KanavKariya) December 7, 2022
The DeFi State with Jump
With the new Wormhole integration, we had to have Kanav, President of Jump Crypto, and Saeed who leads strategic partnerships on for last week's episode of The DeFi State. We discussed the integration, all things cross-chain, and the future of trading. Don’t miss this one! 👇
Other Product Upgrades
In addition to Wormhole, the eng team deployed a number of product enhancements and refinement:
- ✅ Continued to increase stability & security of connections to market makers.
- ✅ Shipped UI bug fixes related to wallets, notifications, responsive edge cases, and more.
The Stats
Last week, overall volume was $97M, with Avalanche, BNB Chain and Arbitrum maintaining their previous levels:
Talking DeFi, Product, and NFTs
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com last week, our CEO Varun shared his thoughts on the current state of crypto, growing decentralized exchanges, and the next steps for Ethereum. ICYMI, give it a listen👇
Varun was also invited by Link3 to their NFT Mass Adoption & Opportunities Panel, where he talked about gaming and why creating real & engaging experiences is the right product-market fit for NFTs:
On NFT mass adoption, @GandalfTheBr0wn @hashflow cites gaming and emphasizes creating real engaging experiences as the product market fit for NFTs. 🔥
— Link3 ❮ (@link3to) December 5, 2022
See the full transcript and recording 👇 pic.twitter.com/I851l8Jgmn
Hashflow Governance Updates
Since the commencement of governance, 24 pre-proposals have been submitted on the forums with 8 formal proposals voted on. Last week, we had 4 new pre-proposals:
- 📝 Allow to convert unvested HFT to veHFT
- 📝 Change the current voting format and set conditions
- 📝 Defining voting parameters to optimize future proposals
- 📝 Vest all NFT HFT rewards Immediately
Lots of good ideas have been submitted, and we love all the feedback and comments from the community — keep them coming!
Community Highlights
As you’d expect, we had another Hashgang Spotlight. Last week’s spotlight shined on NuNoyDeFi, one of our longest standing OGs and close friend of Donald P:
Another Friday, another HASHGANG SPOTLIGHT 📸
— hashflow.hft (@hashflow) December 9, 2022
Today's spotlight is shining on @NuNoyDeFi, one of our longest standing OGs and close friend of @PThanate. She’s an avid novels reader, traveler, and a main force @ContributionDAO.
Her snapshot 👇 pic.twitter.com/0kjamdVXzu
Eager to get the spotlight? Join the gang on Discord, get involved in governance, and be an active member to get your shot.
We have more announcements and Hashverse leaks to come before the end of the year — make sure to follow Hashflow on Twitter to stay plugged-in!